IFS propose establishment of Rice Development Board
The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) has proposed the creation of a Rice Development Board to facilitate targeted government support for the rice production sector.
The Board would oversee interventions such as irrigation infrastructure, mechanisation, and provision of certified seeds and fertilisers to farmers.
According to the think-tank, government must move beyond enabling policies and take a more active role in resolving challenges facing Ghana’s rice industry.
The recommendation was contained in IFS’s latest study titled “Increasing Importation of Rice in Ghana: Can the Country Transform its Fortunes in the Rice Sector?”
Presenting the study, Dr Said Boakye, Acting Executive Director of IFS, said the government could no longer depend on the p...